In response to that, the New York State tea party movement was thrust into more turmoil than usual, with accusations and counter-accusations over whether they should back Cuomo or not. The kicker, however, was this email that Carl Paladino sent out to some of his trusted associates on February 6, 2011. I’ve cut out the irrelevant portions, but check out the highlighted bit:

From: “Carl Paladino”

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 20:53:54

Subject: Re: Caputo’s reach and breach

Well this is a second attempt to write you. I’m terrible on the computer and accidentally erased the first 3 hour version of this? Everyone please be assured that Caputo does not work or speak for me. He is in the wind and probably on Cuomo’s payroll. The last conversation I had with him the week before Oneonta I told him that Cuomo’s budget was unacceptable and at best a very small step in the right direction. He went on to interpret that as an ok to tell the group that I supported Cuomo and to issue a letter and oped which are totally unacceptable to me.

The result was a week of rhetoric wHich I believe was healthy for all. It coalesced the group and pointed out the need for a strong organizer/coordinator who commands the respect of all, is resourceful, determined, loyal and smart which defines all of you but I also think when you think about it the one name that sticks for the great majority is Sheryl, and don’t you dare spell her name wrong. Remember that in every group there are extremes and that is good as long as the center is strong and well planted. Some will push the envelope. Others want to be hanging off the end of the merry-go-round where everything is a blur and the wind blows in your face. Still others are content in the middle where they can see everything clearly. It takes a little of each to have a winning team.

Forget about Caputo. He can’t hurt anyone. He’s off on a trip to his home planet thinking that he can revise history. At the NYC press debriefing event he was the only person to dump on me. Not even the Cuomo people said anything. He said I liked the sound of a turd in the punchbowl never acknowledging that he was solely responsible for the Hassidic/homosexual tragedy in NYC. He’s a political junkie/whore with no values, for sale to anyone. The authorities are aware of his misuse of the lists assembled on my nickel and what goes around will come around.

Seems like “what goes around” came around on March 1st, just three weeks later.

It certainly seems like a retaliatory set-up, but no one’s talking. For his part, when asked whether he thinks Paladino might be behind this, the usually loquacious Caputo gave me a very uncharacteristic, “no comment”. Yet one thing’s for sure – Caputo was tailed for some time before being pulled over, and he and his father were arrested on charges dubious enough that an Aurora town justice dismissed each one.

5 Responses to “The Caputo Arrest: Curious”

Did Paladino sic the cop on Caputo or did Caputo get lippy with the cop at the time? Every cop I know says they can arrest anyone at any time and will push a guy until he cracks just to be able to then say “whoops, resisting arrest eh?” and bam. It’s a sickening racket.

But really… Arrests from March based on crap in Feb… what were you doing the last 8 months, Alan?

Alan—I know you’ve lived here for a while now, and you probably spend what time you’re not in your own town inside the city. Small Town Cops in Erie County HAVE ATTITUDES. Having been a L.E.O. myself, I’m a better judge of cops than the average jamoke.

You weren’t even thought of yet when the Kenmore PD was the KKK of the cops in Erie County. from the formation of the town and up to the mid 60’s, If you were black, you didn’t “let the sun set on your ass” in Kenmore. If you did, you lived to regret it if you were caught. Hell, they wouldn’t even let black kids swim in the public pools.

But in being pricks in general, Most of my out of the city experience with cops was in Kenmore, Tonawanda (Town, City and North), and a brush with both OP and Hamburg cops. Much less tolerant than a Buffalo City cop. Much quicker to go to someone’s ass than a Buffalo Cop. Too many “Cowboys” among them. In these small towns that have a PD, there’s too much of a power fixation.

In a bigger city like Buffalo Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Charlotte,(where I have friends that are cops or I worked there as a cop) there’s more than enough cops, and you’re more of a cog in the Law Enforcement Machine, than a Top Dog like—how many cops do they have in OP? 20 maybe? Much different that a place like VB that has hundreds of cops.

The meat of your message may have been a “Non-Story”, but there would be less of this attitude if all these small town PD’s were eliminated and there was a PD for the City and a County Police force for the rest of the county. Would probably save millions, and eliminate the Mickey Mouse bullshit perpetrated by small town cops.